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Novozymes and India-based Sea6Energy have entered an exploratory research agreement jointly to develop a process for the production of biofuels from seaweed. The research alliance will use enzymes to convert seaweed-based carbohydrates to sugar, which can then be fermented to produce ethanol for fue...

Oil dropped nearly 2 percent Tuesday as support grew behind a plan for Syria to cede possession of its chemical weapons and avoid a military strike by the U.S. Benchmark oil for October delivery fell $2.13, or 1.9 percent, to close at $107.39 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the...

Following the historic July 28 shutdown of Patriot Coal’s Hobet mine—Appalachia’s largest mountaintop removal coal mining site—by more than 50 people affiliated with R.A.M.P.S. “Mountain Mobilization” campaign, 20 people were arrested and are being held on trespass and obstruction charges. Bail is s...

Today, Cincinnati City Council voted unanimously to ban fracking injection well sites within its city limits, making Cincinnati the first city in Ohio to restrict toxic fracking wastewater from being pumped underground. Following today’s vote, the citizen’s advocacy coalition Southwest Ohio No Frack...

The City government and KEMCO installed 150 fuelcells in a company housing complex…enhanced economic efficiency by supplying byproduct hydrogen. A scene of the ceremony of dedicating hydrogen town held on July 9 in Ulsan The world’s largest hydrogen town, which installed 150 fuelcells, is construc...

Swedish diplomat and politician Hans Blix is one of the world’s leading authorities on nuclear weapons. In particular, Blix, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (from 1981 to 1997) is known as an expert on North Korean nuclear issues. Besides visiting the country several times duri...

Source: Afternbladet Norway’s Petroleum and Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe sees no reason to stop drilling in the Arctic. “I believe Norway’s future is reflected in the past. We hadn’t opened areas north of the North Sea 30 years ago, and that was a major discussion back then. Our confidence in ours...

The KOGAS will support 2 LNG-fueled buses…to publicize excellence and safety. Will it trigger the growth of an LNG-fueled bus market? The Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS, President: Choo Kang-soo) will support 2 eco-friendly LNG-fueled buses for the 2012 World Conservation Congress Jeju scheduled to be...

Source: North Country Public Radio New York State is poised to issue its plans for hydrofracking. The decision could come any time after Labor Day. But there’s no guarantee the controversy will die down, and both opponents and supporters are exploring their legal options. New York State’s Depa...

Finnish scientists have found a way to turn dead wood into high quality biofuel for less than one euro a litre. They believe they can convert more than half the energy of raw wood – ligno-cellulosic biomass, if you prefer the technical term – into something that will drive a taxi, a tractor or a tan...

The Toyota Prius Plug-in was the number one selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in the UK in 2012. The car achieved 470 sales from its launch date in July 2012, outselling its nearest rival, Vauxhall Ampera, despite it being on sale since April. This result is just part of a strong year for Toyo...

Source: Bloomberg South Korea stopped buying crude oil from Iran in August after its refiners lost insurance coverage on ships carrying the fuel from the Persian Gulf nation. Purchases fell to zero last month, reducing imports from Iran for the first eight months of this year by 34 percent from a ye...

Pipeline company Spectra Energy has agreed to a $3 billion deal with Florida Power & Light to build a new natural gas pipeline between Alabama and Florida, the Houston-based company announced Friday afternoon. The Sabal Trail project is expected to cost about $3 billion for the roughly 465 miles...

In evaluation on environmental quality of automotive fuels sold in the first half of 2013 in Seoul metropolitan area, diesel and gasoline obtained the top 5-star grade and 4-star grade, respectively. Environmental quality of diesel and gasoline produced by 4 major oil refining companies in Korea rec...

Source: New York Times The Prairie State Energy Campus, a vast new coal-fired power plant and mine that is now approaching completion in downstate Illinois is likely to be one of the last of its kind in this country, given that new Environmental Protection Agency regulations bar plants that put out...

Source: EurActiv Tough new regulations could be slapped on the shale gas industry if the EU acts upon legislative and environmental failings identified in its most comprehensive analysis yet of the sector, due to be released today Shale gas drilling poses a ‘high risk’ to human health and the enviro...

Source: Reuters The White House is “dusting off old plans” for a potential release of oil reserves to dampen rising gasoline prices and prevent high energy costs from undermining the success of Iran sanctions, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday. U.S. officials will...

Being European, living in the U.S., I often credit myself for being from a more climate change-savvy continent. The flagship program of Europe’s climate politics is the Emission Trading Scheme for carbon credits (EU ETS). Although somewhat dysfunctional in the first years (2005-2008), it set stringe...